Mouse Event Properties

JavaScript FAQ | Keyboard & Mouse Events FAQ  

Question: What event properties can I use to analyze mouse events?

Answer: In modern browsers (e.g. Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer 4.0 or newer) quite a few event properties are visible to your JavaScript code. Some event properties are the same across browsers (for example, event.screenX or event.type); however, most properties are platform-dependent.

Move or click your mouse, and the text boxes below will display all mouse event properties for your browser ():


Properties of the most recent event:  

Properties of the most recent event:  

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